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  Opposite the entrance gate of the Paris Garden of Plants ( Jardin des Plantes ) is the snake fountain. Actually, it is called the Cuvier Fountain in memory of Georges Cuvier, a French naturalist and zoologist.     On the corner of Rue Cuvier in the Latin Quarter of Paris, the site was formally the prison of the Abbey of Saint-Victor which had a fountain called the Alexander Fountain or the Brush Fountain. The prison, including the fountain, was demolished in 1840.   French architect Alphonse Vigoureux (1802-1853) was the water inspector for the city of Paris. He created the snake fountain from 1840-1846 to pay respect to Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) to replace the Alexander Fountain. Jean Leopold Nicolas Frederic – Baron Cuvier – is best known as the “father of paleontology” and establishing that species extinction was a fact in his work  Essay on the Theory of the Earth  (1813). The French government listed it as a historical monument in 1984.   ...

 

  French artist Chantal Amoureux is presenting her exhibition “Infinitely Blue” – “ Infiniment bleu ” – at the Town Hall in the 6 th  arrondissement of Paris from 24 November to 9 December 2023.   Her “Infinitely Blue” artworks evoke sails, flowers, and landscapes. She says, ‘in a vibrant halo of light, as the water and the wind flow, the sails swell and undulate, the flowers bloom and languish, the landscapes pass by or impose themselves on the eye.’ MARTINA NICOLLS martina@iimetro.com.au Skype: martina.nicolls MartinaNicollsWebsite    I    Rainy Day Healing    I    Martinasblogs    I    Publications    I    Facebook    I    Paris Website    I    Paris blogs    I   Animal Website    I   Flower Website   I   Global Gentlemanliness SUBSCRIBE TO MARTINA NICOLLS FOR NEWS AND UPDATES  Martina Nicolls is an Au...